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Now, it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have politcal and economic causes: it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer....Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation..... Pretentious Diction. Wor...

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Even I'm in there!

*lurklurklurk*

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hehe, I like 'em

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Happy Birthday, Alea!

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Happy Birthday, Jan!

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In the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, Behemoth is translated directly as hippopotamus. It has the same root as the general word for beast. It may also be related to the ancient Egyptian word for hippopotamus. Leviathan is not quite so straightforward. It seems to be related to the Hebrew word f...

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Language develops, I understand that. But think about the original word for a moment... ...to miss the target... If the world decided to universally agree on that meaning once more, what would that mean? Well it might mean that people begin to ask just exactly WHAT the target IS... In doing that, t...

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The Cardinals.
Refs who don't call obvious pass interference.
Receivers who can't catch a perfect pass.
A quarterback who can't hit a wide open man.
Football teams that do everything they can to get your hopes up before crushing them.

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My take on free will is that it is the original sin. In the garden of Eden, God told Adam and Eve not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge. The serpent told them that if they ate from the tree they would be like God's. So right there, they had the choice to do good or do evil and they chose evil. thus, ...

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I am nervous about the Eagles playing the Cardinals. They've been completely unable to play well consistently this season. They've had a few good games, and now I expect them to blow this one. Or it could just be that I'm a Philadelphia fan, and therefore expect to be disappointed (I still can't qui...

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4. If, therefore, we conclude that people have free will, we must conclude that there is something non-physical, which can nevertheless influence the physical world. Ah, but how do you conclude people have free will? Whether you actually had free will or were "following the script," would...

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Not sure exactly which section this belongs in, but it relates somewhat to religion, so I figure I'll stick it here. Warning: This is basically going to be a long ramble, just throwing some thoughts out there and seeing what kind of responses I get. So, recently my friend has gotten me thinking abou...

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Dear Bob,

My grandma passed away this afternoon. She had a rare form of lung cancer. We've been expecting it, and she was more than ready to go, but it's still weird that she's gone. She was one of the sweetest, kindest people I've ever met. She will be missed.

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I love accents (probably because I majored in linguistics), but Irish and Scottish accents especially are incredible (Irish accents = sexy, Scottish = cool). As an American (with a fairly "neutral" midwestern accent) I was really surprised when I went to Scotland for a month, and everywher...

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Yeah, every once in a while, I'll go back and try to find random threads to bump, but it just never felt quite right.

I'm glad the thread's back, though.

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Hi Bob, I haven't been to see you in a while, I hope things are going well. I'm not sure what I'm doing with my life. At this point, I don't really have any ambitions, I don't really have any drive. I'm currently in training to get into a career, but I don't really have any plan, or clear picture of...

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Seeing friends after years being apart, and being as comfortable with each other as if it had only been a week.

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we should start placing bets on which will happen first, the movie or the game.

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My Granddad was not only a brilliant engineer, who designed planes for the U.S. government, but was also a pilot in WWII. On one mission (I don't know the details of it) there was an explosion and he got shrapnel lodged in his skull. In spite this, he survived, fathered 12 children, and lived to be ...

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I absolutely love scrapple, and I didn't realize it was only an eastern Pennsylvania thing til I got some in North Carolina, and my friends refuse to even taste it. For those of you who don't know, and are too lazy to Wikipedia it, picture this: Take a pig, and cut off all the good meat... That goes...

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I'm about 5'10", which I'm perfectly happy with. It's not too tall, and it's not too short. I do tend to end up with fairly short girls, and I'm not sure why that is. As far as weight, I weigh 155 lbs. Since my junior year of high school (6 years ago), I don't think my weight has shifted more t...

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Aliens. Lets discuss. Am I the only one on these forums who aren't too skeptical about their existence?????????

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This still isn't the place to post this.

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Congratulations! I love the name.

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Not sure if I should post this here, or start a new thread, but it is a random question aimed at the guys: What are your thoughts on "chivalry" (not actual medieval chivalry, but the idea that the guy takes care of the girl, opening doors for her, that kind of thing)? Is it respectful, sex...

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I'm generally fairly calm, but every once in a while, I get angry enough that I'll actually hit a wall or something. It does release some tension, and the physical pain helps me stop thinking about whatever's pissing me off.

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I've got three scars. The most noticeable is by my left eye, from when my brother was trying to teach me how to swing a baseball bat... I got a little too close behind him, and he didn't realize... and he was using a metal bat. I had to get stitches for that one. I have one on my elbow from falling ...

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There has been evidence on this board that Ender's Game has been ruined by having to read it in school... Let her know how awesome Shakespeare really is before some awful High School teacher ruins it for her. Even if you don't read it before being taught it, watching a good play or movie adaptation...

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Yay misleading coverage of science by the media! "Survey of instant-messagers finds any two people just 6.6 degrees apart" No, it doesn't. It finds that's the average seperation of two people using Microsoft Messenger. But who cares about accuracy, accuracy is less interesting. :P Still, r...

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Yeah, still not sure about the ending, but really, that was amazing. The second act is easily my favorite, for the opening and closing songs, and for the best line in the entire... show?...(very)mini-series? ...thing: "The hammer is my penis"

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For those of you who call it coke, what do you ask for when you want a Coca-Cola? Cause that's what most normal people mean when they say Coke.

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Yeshua is the Hebrew form of Joshua, and could be corrupted through translation as Jesus. Just a small point, but this isn't just a "could be". Joshua is the anglicization of the Hebrew "Yeshua". Jesus is the Anglicization of the Greek "Iesous", but "Iesous" ...

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Around the circumference, like you're supposed to. I guess the typewriter method is alright if you must, but my girlfriend is one of the crazies who just takes random bites... it drives me insane watching it. =P

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That's pretty fun... my only problem is that I can't figure out how to show that my mom's brother's wife is also my dad's sister... yeah, I have a weird family.

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Dear you, What the hell is wrong with you? Do you realize what you're putting her through, all because you refuse to accept that she's an adult, that she can think for herself, and make decisions for herself. If you're going to support her, then support her. If not, tell her she's on her own. Instea...

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